HH Health System

OB/Nursery Nursing Coordinator- Full Time, Days

Job Locations US-AL-Decatur
Hospital Decatur Morgan Hospital
Requisition ID
2025-58127
Position Type
Regular Full-Time
Department Number
DM-61910
Department Name
DM Newborn Center L&D

Overview

Job Summary:

 

Demonstrates through behavior Decatur Morgan Hospital’s mission, vision and values. In addition, the inpatient nurse coordinator coordinates orientation for new employees; assesses and identifies opportunity for staff education and coordinates efforts; measures staff competency and maintains records; actively contributes to quality and performance improvement activities. The inpatient nurse coordinator is a dedicated resource to the acute inpatient nursing units for Decatur Morgan Hospital.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities / Essential Functions

  1. Provides leadership and guidance nurses and support staff in the critical care nursing areas.
  2. Ensures that staff is properly trained.
  3. Monitors patient care for quality and safety.
  4. Participates in continual regulatory compliance and survey readiness activities.
  5. Collaborates with nursing directors, service line directors, interdisciplinary teams and other stakeholders in order to develop, implement, and evaluate programs and services.
  6. Reviews patient and staff data to measure effectiveness of patient care.
  7. Facilitates staff orientation, preceptorships, and competency assessment upon hire.
  8. Facilitates staff competency assessment ongoing and at a minimum, annually, to include but is not limited to BLS renewal, annual clinical competencies, ACLS and NRP.
  9. Identifies educational needs and coordinates unit-based educational activities.
  10. Collaborates and assists nursing directors and/or service line directors in special projects, performance improvement projects, quality and safety initiatives, and other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Minimum Knowledge, Skills, Experience Required:

·         Uses common sense and special medical skills to care for the sick

·         Understands technical information from reference books, manuals, nursing leadership journals etc.

·         Uses eyes, ears, hands and fingers with skill

·         Communicates with people

·         Change from one duty to another frequently

·         Follow and/or give precise instructions

·         Records and interprets information accurately

·         Demonstrates leadership skill / ability

 

Reasoning, Mathematical and Language Development are indicative of the general level of development required to do this job.  Some, but not necessarily all, areas mentioned in this section will be included in this job.

 

 Reasoning Development:                                

Apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions.  Deals with several abstract and concrete variables.

 

 Mathematical Development:

Practical application of fractions, percentages, ratio and proportion, statistical analysis, in addition to basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division abilities.

 

 Language Development:          

Reading: Read scientific and technical journals, abstracts, and financial reports.  Records data via paper and electronic means. 

 

 Speaking:

Communicates verbally using effective voice tone, diction and medical terminology.

 

 

RELATIONSHIPS TO DATA, PEOPLE AND THINGS:

 

 Data: Gathers, complies and classifies information about patients and other people.  Analyzes and interprets data to carry out operational functions of the hospital.

 

 People: Speaking, hearing, talking with people to convey or exchange information.  Includes giving directions to physicians, staff, patients, families and/or visitors.

 

 Things:  Manual dexterity: Use of body members or special devices to work, and perform functions pertinent to accomplishment of job assignment.

 

Education: Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.  Possesses a nursing license in good standing in the State of Alabama. Bachelors required, Masters preferred.

 

Experience: Minimum of five years hospital clinical experience.  Minimum of two years in a leadership role such as charge nurse or team leader, preferred.

 

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